I was lucky enough to get my hands on two bottles of Founders Curmudgeon’s Better Half last year. This beer was the third entry in the Backstage Series, it is Curmudgeon brewed with molasses and aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels. I drank one fairly immediately and saved the other to age for a year. Here are [...]
Saint Arnold Divine Reserve #12 is an Old Ale. Not a style I gravitate to but there are a hand full of them that do it for me, this is one of them! The Divine Series is a series of single batch beers with a different recipe each time. Light and sweet caramel, as expected this has [...]
The Bruery Coton is an Old Ale. Bottle number 05952, this was their 2nd anniversary ale released in 2010 (aged 2 years). It is 75% ale and 25% ale aged in bourbon barrels. I found this still on the shelf in Florida in the summer of 2012, not sure if it was stored properly but it [...]
Hair Of The Dog Adam is an Old Ale, but this is like no other Old Ale I’ve ever had! Smoke, old leather, tobacco, chocolate, dark fruits and a hint of cherries. There is a nice bit of hops on the finish mixing perfectly with the smokiness. It says 10% ABV on the bottle but I [...]
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